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Is Lidl - Deluxe Dark Chocolate & Almond Granola ultra-processed?

450g Mueslis with chocolate Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Lidl - Deluxe Dark Chocolate & Almond Granola

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed mueslis with chocolate

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

oat flakes 57%, golden syrup (partially inverted refiners syrup), rapeseed oil, whole almonds 5%, sugar, dark chocolate curls 4% (sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, soya lecithins, natural flavouring), fat reduced alkalised cocoa powder, almond pieces 2%, natural flavouring, sea salt

Additives: E322 Lecithins

As written on the pack

57% Wholegrain oat flakes, golden syrup (partially inverted refiners syrup), rapeseed oil, 5% whole almonds, sugar, 4% dark chocolate curls (sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, emulsifier: soya lecithins; natural flavouring), fat reduced alkalised cocoa powder, 2% blanched almond pieces, natural flavouring, sea salt

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
3 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 21 mueslis with chocolate

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 81% of the mueslis with chocolate here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 21 mueslis with chocolate, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489903239, last edited 26 September 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.